Wednesday.

Yesterday (Tuesday, I think, but I'm getting a bit uncertain on the days of the week - as I seem to do most Christmas Weeks), Sarah, Mikie and their four came over from Milton Keynes and spent the day with us. Lovely day again. Cold lunch - One of the best parts of Christmas for me is foraging for cold leftovers after (or sometimes on) Boxing Day. It was not quite a cold lunch as Ann fried a big pan of  cold potatoes to go with the cold meats, pork pie,  and pickles, various. Sarah had brought her two dogs (loopy cocker spaniels) so after lunch we went for a long walk with them. When we returned home, exhausted and muddy (and the dogs weren't in much better shape- or cleaner) we had a pot of tea, mincepies, and cut into the Christmas cake which had been decorated on Christmas Eve by Tuva and Freja. After tea Ann took the above photo in the kitchen. I'm on the right of the photo, son-in-law Mikey is on the left.  The eight people between us are half of our direct descendants, i.e. Sarah, Ruth, and six of the grandchildren.  Lovely day.

Today we have had a similar cold lunch- followed by profiteroles. We've had the rest of the family here (except Laura - who is a nurse, and on duty). We're off to an 'alternative pantomime' in Ipswich in an hour or so.
Lunch was a little late due to a road accident almost outside our home. Ended up with Ann providing blankets and first aid (together with medically qualified neighbours), whilst  son Jonathan and I directed traffic round opposite ends of incident with ambulance in the middle. When all was done we were glad to come into lunch, which our daughters had laid out and generally prepared.  Just begining to wonder if I've time for a quick zizz before setting off to pantomime.   More later perhaps.